Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd.

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Neasham New Winnings, 1774
• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Dan Dykes 1810
• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Garmondsway Moor, 1837-1838
• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Newbottle, 1857
• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Lumley 3rd and Lumley, 1860
• Ref: NCB 15/323 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery local agreements, 9 May 1864 - 2 July 1958
• Ref: NCB 3/132 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts of borings: Herrington Sinking, 1872-1876
• Ref: NCB 3/134 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Agreements (Second Pit), 1873-1952
• Ref: NCB 13/171 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Tentale book, various royalties, Silksworth Colliery, 31 December 1873 - 28 December 1889
• Ref: NCB 13/175 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Accounts of scores drawn, various royalties, Silksworth Colliery, 15 January 1876 - 12 June 1880
• Ref: NCB 3/125 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Letter book, 1879-1905
• Ref: NCB 13/177 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Papers relating to coal hewing and filling agreements, Elemore Colliery, 13 November 1880 - 10 October 1951
• Ref: NCB 13/178 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Letters and agreements concerning workmen, shifts, holidays and wages, Elemore Colliery, 1881-1948
• Ref: NCB 13/179 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Agreement concerning price for stall working in Lady Low Main Seam, Elemore Colliery, 19 February 1886
• Ref: NCB 13/172 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Accounts of certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents, Silksworth Colliery, 1 January 1889 - 1 July 1895
• Ref: NCB 15/320 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Case and shorthand notes of argument and judgement in the case of Harland v the Earl of Durham concerning a case of breach of contract under the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875, 27 April 1891
• Ref: NCB 3/130 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Accounts, 1893-1896
• Ref: NCB 15/325 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Account book of stores and materials sent from Lambton Colliery Works to Houghton Pit, later re-used to record the engagement of the workforce, 4 May 1893 - 22 January 1902
• Ref: NCB 13/188 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Schedule of land and property owned by the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, 1896-1942
• Ref: NCB 15/324 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery, local agreements book, 29 June 1896 - 10 November 1960
• Ref: NCB 19/2/7/1 — Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Awards record relating to Houghton Colliery, 29 June 1896 - 10 January 1958
• Ref: NCB 13/189 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Payments for rent and damages by Lambton Collieries Ltd., October 1900 - July 1922
• Ref: NCB 15/327 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Umpire's award of scale of fines, for "laid out" in the High Low-Main and Maudlin Seams, Houghton Colliery, 29 August 1901
• Ref: NCB 15/326 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Umpire's award concerning the distribution of colliery houses at Houghton Colliery, 23 September 1901
• Ref: NCB 13/173 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Accounts of certain, tentale and outstroke rents, Plains Royalty, Silksworth Colliery, 28 December 1901 - 1 January 1935
• Ref: NCB 13/174 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Accounts of certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents, Silksworth Colliery, 31 December 1907 - 1 January 1923
• Ref: NCB 13/180 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Papers concerning wage agreements and holidays, Elemore Colliery, June 1911 - 25 May 1951
• Ref: NCB 13/181 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Score prices for hewing etc., George Low Main Seam, Lady Low Main Seam and Main Coal Seam, Elemore Colliery, 15 August 1911
• Ref: D/X 462/10 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence, plans etc re purchase of colliery machinery, 1912-1933
• Ref: D/X 462/12 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Gas works profit and loss accounts, 1912-1939
• Ref: NCB 15/328 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery, annual returns to the Mines Department, 1913-1932
• Ref: NCB 13/190 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - 1 November 1913 - (1) Clark Stewart ; (2) Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. Articles of agreement whereby (1) will let to (2) the house, 61 Lilywhite Terrace. Consideration: £12 p.a.
• Ref: NCB 13/192 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Stock book listing stores with their value per ton [Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd?], 31 December 1913 - 31 October 1915
• Ref: NCB 13/191 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - 30 January 1914 - (1) Ernest Kay ; (2) Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. Articles of agreement whereby (1) will let to (2) the house, 4 Smith's Terrace, Hetton-le-Hole. Consideration: £12 p.a.
• Ref: NCB 13/182 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Exemptions by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from provisions prohibiting the raising or lowering of persons otherwise than in cages in respect of upcast shaft, Elemore Colliery, 4 August 1914 - 1 September 1915
• Ref: D/X 462/1 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re repairs to houses at New Kyo and Urpeth West Terrace damaged by subsidence, 1915-1921
• Ref: NCB 13/183 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Papers concerning fatal accidents, Elemore Colliery, 6 December 1917 - 22 October 1945
• Ref: NCB 3/127 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Returns made to the Royal Commission of Inquiry re Mining Wages, 1919
• Ref: NCB 15/329 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 27 March 1920 - 21 November 1920
• Ref: NCB 13/176 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Letter book concerning royalties, Silksworth Colliery Surveying Department, 21 May 1920 - 12 September 1927
• Ref: NCB 15/330 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 25 December 1920 - 24 December 1921
• Ref: D/X 462/7 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Papers and correspondence re income tax, land tax, wages and production costs, 1922-1944
• Ref: NCB 15/331 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 7 January 1922 - 31 August 1925
• Ref: NCB 15/332 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 14 February 1922 - 2 November 1929
• Ref: D/X 462/2 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re electricity supply to Beamish Mary Pit, 1923, Bush Blades farm, 1945, officials' houses at Beamish, 1945, Twizell Colliery, 1946
• Ref: D/X 462/8 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re appeals against colliery rate assessments, 1924-1925
• Ref: D/X 462/9 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence and papers re subsidence claims, 1924-1927, 1947-1951
• Ref: NCB 28 Interim list/28 — Meter agreement between Durham County Water Board and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries for supply of water to Tanfield Moor Pond, 5 May 1925
• Ref: NCB 15/334 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, summary of pay abstracts, 25 June 1927 - 3 May 1930
• Ref: D/X 462/14-15 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Weekly account of repairs to property, 1928-1929
• Ref: NCB 3/128-129 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Memoranda giving workable resources of collieries in the company, 1929, revised 1934 and 1936
• Ref: NCB 28 Interim list/29 — Meter agreement between Durham County Water Board and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries for supply of water to Easter Leith Farm, Tanfield, Lea, 24 September 1929
• Ref: NCB 15/333 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 2 November 1929 - 2 November 1935
• Ref: NCB 13/184 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Workmen's engagement book, including letters concerning suitability of certain men, Elemore Colliery, 16 September 1932 - 25 June 1973
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/161 — Park Head royalty accounts: rents due from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. and from John Bowes & Partners Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1934 - 1938
• Ref: NCB 15/321-322 — Signed agreement made between the owners, Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, and workmen for driving at Hazard Colliery, 10 March 1934 - 17 November 1934
• Ref: NCB 3/126 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Letter and account book, 1935-1943
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 106/8 — Agreement between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Ltd. and North Eastern Electric Supply Company Ltd. regarding the supply of electrical energy to various collieries, August 1935 - November 1947. (includes: Agreement between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Ltd. and Oldham and Sons Ltd./Patterson Lamps Ltd. regarding the supply of electric safety lamps, July 1945 - July 1947; Correspondence relating to above agreements)
• Ref: NCB 3/131 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Account or special bonus paid to Pilot and Main Line Men. Includes details of wages and retention money, 1936-1946
• Ref: NCB 13/185 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Coal allowances to workmen, Elemore Colliery, June 1936 - December 1940
• Ref: NCB 13/186 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Certificates of names and addresses of workers and their coal allowances, list of coal allowances and agreement by W. Lumsden to take one load per month, Elemore Colliery, August 1936 - 10 May 1951
• Ref: D/X 462/4 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re colliery vehicles, including lorries and an ambulance, 1938-1943
• Ref: NCB 3/135 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Agreements (Mary Pit and Twizell Gate), 1938-1947
• Ref: NCB 13/187 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - Accounts and minutes of Officials' Fund, Elemore Colliery, 1938-1949
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/16 — Licence between Woodall - Duckham Limited and Consett Iron Company Limited, relating to a licenced invention, "Improvements in coke oven apparatus", August 1938. (includes: Agreement between N.C.B. and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, relating to tenancy of office number 35, third floor of Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1950; Agreement between N.C.B. and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, relating to tenancy of offices 38/9, third floor of Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, January 1951; Agreement between Stella Gill Coke and By-products Company Limited and Pelton Parish Council, relating to electrical lighting of Bernard and Charles Terraces, March 1924; Agreement between Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Company, and Walter Scott Limited, relating to the supply of electrical energy to various collieries and pumping stations, September 1931)
• Ref: D/X 462/5 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re accidents to colliery vehicles and property, 1939-1943
• Ref: D/X 462/11 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Accident statistics, 1940-1946
• Ref: NCB 15/335 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit Production Committee (signed minutes), 28 June 1943 - 27 May 1944
• Ref: D/X 462/3 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re gas supplies, 1945-1947
• Ref: D/X 462/13 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Capital expenditure accounts, 1945-1946
• Ref: D/DCOMPA 316 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, 1948
• Ref: D/X 462/6 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Correspondence re colliery railway wagons and locomotives, 1947
• Ref: NCB 3/133 — Lambton Hetton & Joicey Coal Co. - Coal tonnages book, 1947-1967
• Ref: D/X 462/18 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Lists of N.C.B. property and wayleave lettings at Beamish, Pelton and Stanley, c 1948
• Ref: D/X 462/16 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - List of applications for repairs, 1951-1954
• Ref: D/X 462/17 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Alma and Twizell collieries, wages costs profits and loss accounts, 1954-1956
• Ref: D/X 462/19 — Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. - Witherite washing plant, input and output accounts, 1956-1959
• Ref: NCB 2/248 — 7. Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.: Handen Hold Colliery (Tilley Seam)